I’m a big fan of the Keep It Simple (KISS) approach, and went with Password Safe. Works on Linux, Windows, MacOS, iOS, and Android. It’s big thing is it just makes an encrypted password file which then you can sync between devices however you like (Box, Dropbox, etc)

Which one works on all browsers including mobile safari and mobile Firefox?

It has an auto-type and copy feature, so no need for browser support. Though, the main criticism of this offering is if you want a ton of features and don’t care about KISS.

Protip for the room: Use a password manager with a unique password for every service. Then when one leaks, it only affects that singular service, not large swaths of your digital life.

We have that already, it’s called Linux Mint.

Don’t overthink it.

The good news is. Even if you don’t change your strategy, you can just chill on index funds. When the bubble pops, they will go down, just keep buying more. In the long term, you will still make money. US index funds earn ~8% per year on average when invested for long periods of time.

I never got into options investing, but I believe you keep re-upping them. Every time you do so you pay a small price. So, the game is: ‘can you stay liquid long enough for the bubble to pop’.

Capital gains are taxed. Profits from this are capital gains.

Mid-Cap index funds should be fairly insulated from the damage as well, given they would exclude companies as large as nVidia.

Either way, biggest thing people is when the bubble pops, that is the time to buy in more, not the time to sell. The buy high-sell low strategy is easy to fall into emotionally.

Preview updates, including this one, are offered to everyone, not just people in the Windows insider program. They show up in Windows Update with a ‘Download & install’ button. They will automatically install if “Get the latest updates as soon as they’re available” is enabled.

This is pretty much my response any time Google or Microsoft does anything negative at this point. My good will for those two was spent years ago. Swapped over to Protonmail, non-google phone, Linux. Done with their shit.

EA was easier to get away from. Just…not buying more EA games solved that one. :)

By harnessing low-cost, nonstop solar energy and avoiding land use and fossil fuels

1. “low-cost” - Nothing about launching data centers into space is low cost

2. “nonstop solar energy” Continuous solar energy is certainly nice, but that is a pretty minor buff compared to current ways of making power. If you think nuclear or solar+battery is expensive, go calculate the price for space-based solar per GW…

3. “avoiding land use” - We have a fuckload of land outside of cities, build them outside of cities… Datacenter land use is removing a cup of water from the ocean.

4. “avoiding…fossil fuels” - You can achieve that on earth, nuclear or solar+battery…

In summary, this is probably the dumbest way to build data centers. It’s stated goals are better accomplished on land with nuclear or solar+battery. It really just feels like venture capital money trap.

The United States has tethered 16% of its entire economic output to the fortunes of a single company

Yeah, this article should compare nVidia’s revenue to the US GDP (both measure of annual production). But we know why they aren’t, as it wouldn’t produce an alarming stat.

The United States has tethered 16% of its entire economic output to the fortunes of a single company

And to be clear, this stat is simply factually wrong. nVidia IS NOT 16% of US output. They sold $165B last year, US GDP is $29.2T. This means the US has tethered… 0.5% of their economic output to one company. Not 16%, zero-point-five-percent.

Why the hell are they spending money on things they literally can’t use? Who authorized that purchase?

Signal? No.

I’m running Signal right now on Linux Mint.

Can you run Battlefield 6?

This isn’t even a Windows or Linux thing: Why the hell do you want Saudi Arabia and Jared Kusher* to have kernel-level access to your machine? Why, why is that worth it for just a game?

*I really wish I was joking with this part

Remember when the sales pitch of The Cloud was it would always be online?

Additionally, thin pieces of concrete are very brittle. It is much more common to use molten aluminum.

Not sure why you are trying to jump from the frying pan directly into the fire…

Especially if these pears are shipped by sea. Then it’s even worse.

Shipping via sea is the cheapest and least greenhouse gas producing way to ship things. With the only exception being pipes, which are significantly better than ships on both fronts. However, we shouldn’t be shipping peaches via pipe. ;p

only ad I see is the occasional sentence on my lock screen, “You should try $whatever!”

Why put up with any ads? No other desktop OS does this…

updates don’t matter. Security doesn’t matter. You can just tell your computer to never update anything, and it’ll be the same for a decade. You can live in your little bubble.

You are free to do what you want, but do not give out advice like this to others. Security issues pop up constantly and not updating leaves you vulnerable to them.

For the room: If you want to stay on your unpatched machine, don’t plug it into the internet. Otherwise, use an OS that is currently receiving security updates.